Dark Heir

hahahahhaha what the FUCK HOW IS THIS SERIES SO GOOD MY HEARTTTTTT

BRAH

How is it going to end like THAT?? CS PACAT I HAVE WORDS FOR YOU!!!!

WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKK WAS THAT ENDING

I really liked Dark Rise and was excited to listen to the continuation of the series, but I'm left slightly disappointed by it.  Over 50 chapters with several character's pov's (where I didn't care for most of them) made the book drag on forever and made it much harder to complete. Whereas I devoured the first book within days, a bunch of chapters in Dark Heir felt unnecessary to me and bored me so much I'd stop listening. The last ten chapters however, were so good it made drudging through the rest worth it, and now I need to know what happens next!

4.75 ⭐️
Honestly I love this series, it's like my fav ongoing ya series right now so this might be biased.
My main complaint is that I wish I knew the characters better, beyond how they present themselves to others. like in the pov chapters if we had some more insight into their personalities beyond the roles they play. I also don't love how (minor spoiler) will felt like he couldn't tell anyone, even james. like if there was one person you could tell

Omg! Creo que se convirtió en uno de mis libros favoritos. Claro que seguimos con la frustración de que todo lo malo lleve oscuridad en su nombre, pero Will es un muy buen personaje y siento que los giros que ha dado la trama son muy buenos.

Y ese final me dejó con el corazón roto y la necesidad de seguir leyendo.

Vite un tome 3

Oh... no. My sweet dark baby of a book, why do you hurt me so?

I so rarely read a sequel that I enjoy less than the first book. For all its flaws Dark Rise was a great book with a fantastic ending and a twist that left me wanting more. It was me placing an order for some tasty, spicy food on DoorDash. Dark Heir is the 42 minutes I spend looking at the app waiting for the food to arrive and it ends just as the driver rings the doorbell.

Dark Rise made so many promises with that ending and the sequel just did not bother to deliver. It makes so many questionable choices. Dark Rise had the terribly boring villain Simon to deal with and it ended with making him disappear. Awesome! Now we get to focus on the Dark King returned... but nope. Instead we get Simon's daddy Sinclair who was mentioned in Dark Risetwice. We get Mrs. Duval who can control Lions who was never mentioned! Our gang travels to Italy to deal with matters never before mentioned.

It reads well and I love these characters but what is this? This went in completely the wrong direction to the first book. It had nothing interesting, the ending was... nothing. I demand the book I was promised, Cat.

If I don't get a sequel damn soon, I fear I may perish. Seriously so, so good.